Unusual Observation.

I am a Trucker.

On Feb 18 2008 I was driving in the early am in the Spokane Wa area and saw two bright flashes of a very pretty blue light (it was still dark out).

I looked for clouds thinking that it was just lightning. The skys were clear.

Later that morning it was on the news that Spokane was whitness to a meteor even showed pics.

Again driving in the dark just a few days ago Dec 28 2008 I was in an area that had a simalar occurence.

I was west of Garden City Ks and saw a "falling star". It came very close to the Earth before going out. It was a sight but didn't produse the bright flashes of blue light that the one in Spokane Wa did.

My mind questions...why not?

Also the object in Wa prodused two birght flashes....why? Did it bounce when it hit..That don't make sence.

Some input please...

bigger meteors, aka fireball, can make sometimes multiple flashes depending i think of how they desintegrate when hitting in the atmosphere. Sometimes here www.spaceweather.com there are examples of fireballs.

reply to post by grrttsgar


I live in Oregon and I'v noticed the same thing now on 4 different ocasions The last two times my girlfriend was dragged out of the house to be my witness


what I've seen was a bright object about the brightness of venus move across the sky and it gets real brite then fades and brite again sometimes it will do it two or three times and on some occasions it will release a big brite ring as it continues on it's course always in the same direction and always in the same location.

But this one fades as it gets near the horizon.


[edit on 30-12-2008 by SLAYER69]

depthoffield pretty much hit the nail.

What you have to keep in mind is that how a meteor behaves is due to a number of factors including, composition, velocity, and angle of entry. Many meteoroids are made of relatively fragile material, and the forces associated with entry into Earth's atmosphere will often result in it breaking apart or disintegrating. This is the cause of the flashes meteors produce.

Meteoroids which are relatively solid and enter the atmosphere at shallower angles and low speed tend to stay intact, and don't produce flashes.

Check out the following threads for lots more info:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
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[edit on 30-12-2008 by C.H.U.D.]

ohhh...thanks for the in put.